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First Tweet Sent From Top of Mount Everest [VIDEO]

British mountain climber Kenton Cool used a 3G connection to make a call and send a tweet on the summit of Mount Everest.

This was made possible when the Nepali mobile network operator Ncell installed the first 3G station at the base camp of Mount Everest in October 2010.

Now, in a nifty marketing trick, Samsung sponsored Cool to use its most powerful smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy S II, to make the first 3G call and tweet from the summit.

“I’ve climbed Everest before but have never been able to share the exhilaration and excitement I experience when I reach the top with those back home," Cool said. He's climbed Mount Everest eight times before and is one of Britain's most successful alpinists.

Cool also unboxed the Samsung Galaxy S II at the base camp at Everest. We've included the video of that below.

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